Atmospheric CH4 along the Trans-Siberian railroad (TROICA) and river Ob: Source identification using stable isotope analysis

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 29, 2006, Pages 5617-5628

  Tarasova, O A ^a   Brenninkmeijer, C A M ^b   Assonov, S S ^b   Elansky, N F ^c   Rockmann T ^d,e   Brass, M ^d,e  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmospheric methane; Natural gas; Russian wetlands; Stable isotopes of methane; Trans Siberian railroad

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ISOTOPES; NATURAL GAS; WETLANDS;

ATMOSPHERIC METHANE; RUSSIAN WETLANDS; STABLE ISOTOPES OF METHANE; TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILROAD;

METHANE;

CARBON 13; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON ISOTOPE; METHANE;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAILWAY; RIVER; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SPRING; SUMMER; WETLAND;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIA;

EID: 33746867463     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.04.065     Document Type: Article

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